EHR Decisions is brought to you by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT). The Certification Commission is an independent, nonprofit organization with the mission of accelerating the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs or EMRs). By certifying products on the market, we hope to reduce the risk of investing in an EHR, to make sure it will be “interoperable” (able to connect up and receive or send patient data where you need it), and to protect the privacy of your patient records. We’re also working to encourage various health care players to offer financial assistance to physicians for adopting EHRs, with some notable successes to date.